A few exciting things to report! At the end of the month, I’m heading to LA to attend the AWP (Association of Writers and Writing Programs) Conference. I’ll be appearing on the following panels: Coming of Age Queer Friday 1 April, 1:30-2:45pm Room 410, L.A. Convention Center, Meeting Room Level With Amber Dawn, Mecca Jamilah Sullivan, Tom Cho,...

The horizon of my real life will never be as big as that of my writerly imagination. That’s probably a good thing, really (although, if you’ve ever read my writing…). Nonetheless, in the last week or so, the horizon of my real life has expanded somewhat. I’ve been awarded a writer’s residency at a site in Vancouver, Historic...

I’m pleased to announce the release of a much-needed resource: a list of Transgender Writers and Writers with Intersex Variations in Australia. Copies of the list are now available upon request. As I mentioned in my callout from late last year, major media reportage about transfolk and people with intersex variations is overwhelmingly written by...

As I flagged on this blog last August, I’m returning to North America soon for a tour. This 2 week tour will span some cities in west coast USA, as well as Vancouver. By March of last year, I already had plans to return to Australia in December. However, I’d reserved the possibility of returning to North America if a fantastic artistic...

On 2 November 2012, I travelled to the US to do a residency at Vermont Studio Center. Since that time, aside from the occasional return to Australia, I’ve been travelling – in fact, I’ve sometimes been moving about so much that friends and family have regularly asked me where I am. Of course, where I am is not really the same as where I am at,...

From 2000-2004, I was the Chair of the organisation that was then known as the Victorian Writers Centre and has now become Writers Victoria. This year, this organisation is celebrating 25 years of operation. Along with other individuals associated with the organisation, I was invited to share some thoughts for the occasion. This resulting piece has also...

I’ve been spending the last two months or so doing an artist residency in the town of Taos, New Mexico. I feel very lucky to have been given this opportunity – a fellowship from The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico. During my time here, I’ve been working on my novel. While working here in Taos, I’ve been thinking about such...

Update on 20 November: This callout, as it was written below, was originally for transgender writers. I had wondered whether the list should include both transgender writers and writers with intersex variations, but had been wary of contributing to the conflation of trans and intersex issues that is already pervasive. However, today’s media...

Coming up soon, I’ll be going to Vancouver to appear at the 2014 literASIAN festival. Presented by the Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop (ACWW), literASIAN is ACWW’s celebration of Pacific Rim Asian Canadian writing. This year’s festival runs from 9-12 October. The festival’s main venue is the UBC Learning Exchange, which is in the...

I was recently tagged by Vivek Shraya, a fellow Arsenal Pulp Press author, for a writer-related “blog hop” (he also tagged another fellow Arsenal Pulp Press author, Amber Dawn). In a nutshell, each writer answers 4 set questions on writing which they post on their website and they tag two other writers to continue the chain of responses. What...

[Note: Some months after this post was written, the east coast leg of the Sister Spit tour was cancelled. However, I was invited on the west coast tour leg. Read my later blog post for the tour details!] I’ve been invited on the 2015 Sister Spit: Next Generation tour for the US East Coast! Co-founded by author and curator Michelle Tea and film-maker...

Coming up in August and September, I have more readings scheduled. In a nutshell, it’s looking like this: August and September readings Click a link to go straight to the details: 5 August: Reading at Tuesday Night Café in LA 31 August: Reading at Sumarr Reading Series in LA 3 Sept: Reading at University of Southern California in LA 6 Sept: Reading...